Interesting scheme for a foldover.
http://heightstowers.com/fold_over_kits.htm
73, Mike NF4L
On 12/7/2011 12:46 PM, Jon Pearl - W4ABC wrote:
> Hi Joe.
>
> While a few of us have removed and totally replaced our up/dn hand winch
> with an electric but I'm not sure I've ever cataloged anyone replacing
> their fold over winch. I'm sure that there's one or two out there,
> though. Joe, WD0M shows how he folds his tower over with an electric
> drill on his page at http://www.wd0m.com/winchadapter.html
>
> I can attest to the fact that this does in-fact work as I've done it
> myself with a 1/2" Milwaukee hammer drill and socket drive adapter on my
> TX-455. Folding the tower over is a one hand operation. Getting it
> back up in the air takes a bit more ooomph to hold onto the drill.
> Switching to a worm-gear drive would probably make this affair a bit
> more palatable for the electric drill -
> http://www.amazon.com/Dutton-Lainson-WG2000-Worm-Gear-Winch/dp/B002YNLUYG
>
> I can only imagine that utilizing this method with a TX-472 would be
> large undertaking when going from horizontal, back up to vertical.
>
> In the event that you are interested in something of a more permanent
> nature there may be an idea or two for you here:
> http://www.w4abc.com/drive.html
>
>
>
> 73,
>
>
> Jon Pearl - W4ABC
> http://www.w4abc.com/
>
>
> On 12/7/2011 10:06 AM, KC2TN wrote:
>> Has anyone replaced the hand crank on their foldover tower with an electric
>> version?
>>
>> I have a new TX472MDP from US Tower and am thinking of replacing the stock
>> "Foldover Raising" winch.
>>
>> Thanks, Joe KC2TN
>>
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>> On Dec 7, 2011, at 12:48 AM, Jon Pearl - W4ABC<jonpearl@tampabay.rr.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Mike.
>>>
>>> The Fulton K1550 will probably work nicely in your 'tilt' application.
>>> Some folks have been known to swap out their weather beat and worn K1550
>>> with the heftier K2550 for hoisting the larger 'plus' sized towers in
>>> the 'up/down' application:
>>> http://www.fultonperformance.com/content/products.aspx?lvl=2&parentid=7900&catID=7940&part=0
>>>
>>> As to a pulley for the top of your post, a good source for off the shelf
>>> configurations that might work for you can probably be had from any of
>>> the boat hoist manufactures such as the 560X depicted on this page:
>>> http://www.lunmarboatlifts.com/index.cfm?currentpage=2&fuseaction=category.display&category_id=15
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 73,
>>>
>>>
>>> Jon Pearl - W4ABC
>>> http://www.w4abc.com/drive.html
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 12/6/2011 10:26 PM, Michael Goins wrote:
>>>> Have a HG-52-SS here destined to have a two el quad on it soon. When fully
>>>> nested, it is about 22 feet tall and if I remember correctly, the weight is
>>>> around 450 pounds (plus rotor and quad).
>>>>
>>>> I want to be able to tip it over by removing the top bolts on two legs and
>>>> both on the remaining one, thus using the remaining two lower front bolts
>>>> as a pivot (this is the factory recommended base and it solid at 5 feet
>>>> deep.
>>>>
>>>> I have a solid power pole I plan to use as the winch pole and it will be
>>>> located about 6 feet behind the tower. I'm trying to determine the cut-off
>>>> (out of ground) height I need for the tiltover pole (about 6-10 feet is a
>>>> guess) and more especially, the rating of a winch/suggested type to handle
>>>> the lowering of the tower. Also looking for a pully to mount on top of the
>>>> pole for the winch to ride over going to the tower.
>>>>
>>>> At 62, I don't plan to do a lot of climbing any more and I'm trying to set
>>>> this up so that the quad can be maintained fairly easily. If anyone has
>>>> done something similar, I sure would like to hear from you off list.
>>>> Thanks.
>>>>
>>>> Mike, k5wmg
>>>>
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